Blind for bridles



May 20, 1930.

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BLIND FOR BRIDLES Patented May k20, 1930 i UNITED STATES ISAAC W. BROWN,OF EL :DORADO SERINGS, MISSOURI' 1,75az96f leef BLIND FOR BRIDLESApplication filed November 30, 1928. Serial No. 322,920. l

The present invention relates to bridles for horses and has for itsprincipal object to provide a blind for a bridle which is adapted to beconstructed integrally with the cheek strap of the bridle whereby toproduce a strong article of this character and in which the time andlabor involved in the 'construction or manufacture thereof isconsiderably lessened and the cost of manufacture substantially reduced.

The invention comprises essentially the construction of the cheek strapand blind integrally'whereby to avoid the usual practice of making theseparts of separate and dis- 'i5 tinct pieces of material and sewing thesame Y together during the construction of the bridle.

Other objects and advantages reside in the special construction,combination and arrangement of the various elements forming theinvention as more fully hereinafter de scribed and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying `drawings forming part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of the combined blind andcheek strap,

Figure 2 is a rear edge elevational View, Figure 8 is a side elevationalview of a modified form of the invention, and

Figure l is a rear edge elevational View thereof. y Y

Referring now to the drawing in detail,

wherein for the purpose of illustration l have disclosed the preferredembodiment of my invention, and with particular reference to Figures 1and 2, and the numeral 5 designates Y i a bridle vblind of usual shapeto one edge of which is formed the vertically extending o strap 6. Y

The blind 5 and cheek strap are cut from a single piece of material,such as leather and are usually formed of two or more coextensivelaminations secured to each otherby stitching 7 whereby to provide thesuitable thickness in the material. a

The upper end of the cheek strap 6 is concaved from its forward to itsrear edge, as shown at 8 Wherebyto form a seat and for the lower edge ofa harness ring 9 (shown ner well known in the art.

in dotted lines), secured inipositionY by a strap 10, also shown indotted lines, which extends longitudinally at opposite sides of thecheek strap 6and havingits endv11 sey, v,

cured in any suitable manner. i v,

rlhe strap 10 is secured throughout .its' length to the cheek strap by'adouble row of l stitching 12.r In theform of theinvention shown inFigures 1 and 2,?the lower end of the strap is formed with a forwardlyydisposed extension 13, said extension protruding downwardly below .thehorizontalrplane of the lower edge of the strap 6, the lower end thestrap 6 and the rear end of the extension 13 also having their edgesc'oncavedor curved 65 circul'arly as shown at 14 to provide aseat for alower harness ring 15, said harness ring being secured also by the strap10. t A nose strap 16 also extends throughthe ring 15 at oppositesides'of the extension 13 and is directed forwardly thereof for extendingl across the nose of the animal.

The nose strap 16 is lalso secured to the eX-v Y tension 18 by a doublerow of stitching 117,*l ln the modified form of the inventionillus-"6',75 trated in Figures 3 and'l of the drawings, the lowerharness ring 15 is displaced by a square shaped ring 18 and theextension 13 as heretofore disclosed is dispensed with, thevlower end ofthe cheek strap 6 being cut straight across for abutting one side of thering 18.

The retaining strap 10 and the nose strap 16 are secured to the angularportion of the ring 18, as shown by the dotted lines in Figure 3.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that by forming the blind 5integrally with the cheek strap 6 that the piecing of sections of thestrap at the upper and lower ends of the @0l cheek strap is thuseliminated in order to provide the extensions at the upper and lowerends of said strap for attaching-the rings 9 and 15 respectively theretofor use in aman-y The harness constructed in accordance with myinvention will accordingly be stronger as there is no danger of thepieces of the strap becoming separated through the breaking of y thethreadv and furthermore the time required 100 for constructing theharness is materially reduced. Y

It is obvious that my invention is suscept-if ble to Various changes andmodications in construction without departing from( the 'g spirit oftheinvention' or the scope of the appended claims, and I accordingly claimall such forms of the device towhich I aml entitled. l Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is: Y

. 1. 'In a blind construction for bridles, a

' cheek strap formed integrally with the blind with itsopposite endsterminating above and below said blind, said blind and said cheek strapbeing formedof a plurality of laminatibnawhereby to add rigiditythereto, harness rings arranged atrthe upper and lower ends ofsaidcheekstrap, and a ring retainingstrap inserted throughsaid rings andextended longitudinall y at opposite sides of the cheek strap an' lsecured` throughout its length I thereto.

y A` blind for bridles comprising a blinker portion having. Vintegralstrap portions eX-` tending'laterally from opposite sides thereof to,yprovide aA cheekstrap, one of said strap portions-being provided at itsvouterY end with an4 offset extensiondisposed forwardly and outwardly of,its outerend, each of said strap portionshaving-a concaved ringseat atits outerend, andthe said extension having the concaved 'seat forminga-I continuation of the adjacent ring seat ofthe strap, said offset. eX-tension't providing means' for attachment to the noserstrap, rings'`seated in the said ring,

' seats, and a retainingstrap embracing the said,st nrapY portionsrclampedy longitudinally at. opposite'V sides, thereof, andv extending.

through thesaid rings, said'retaining strap being secured to thersaidstrap portions. I 'nhtyestirnony whereof I. aliixinv signature.

ISAAC W. BROWN.

